...So, instead of the sanctioning bodies taking the hit for allowing the rampant blood doping, because they had no real control, it is the cyclists themselves who have to take the hit. I’m not seeing it the way they are. It is the sanctioning bodies, and the testing agencies who need to say, we screwed up. We virtually allowed the doping to occur because we didn’t have a good enough test to stop it, and the cyclists and doctors were smarter than we were. Call it cheating together for the good of the sport, and now because of their desire to NOT share in the disaster, they bring the entire sport down.
Not how it should have been done IMHO, but then who am I?
So if I invent a new way to cheat that can’t be detected, it’s somebody else’s fault for not catching me fast enough? I thought athletics was supposed to teach accountability and personal responsibility, not teach people to abandon it for the sake of winning.